As you probably saw, I immediately reacted to Martha Raddatz’s question about rate hikes for private insurance with Obamacare. On its face the question was, what’s wrong with Obamacare that it made rates go up so much?
First, yes, rates continue to go up. But they went up substantially more before Obamacare. And the timeframe in question actually covers before and after Obamacare. None of this proves that Obamacare is awesome. But the question is misleading to the point of flat dishonesty or just complete ignorance of health care policy – let alone being botched even in the timeframe referenced. Tierney Sneed gives us a quick run through the details.
